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BUTTON PASTENER PACKING CASE.

No. 336,589. Patented Feb. 23, 1886.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

FRANCIS H. RICHARDS, OF SPRINGFIELD, MASS, ASSIGNOR TO THE AMERI- CAN BUTTON FASTENER COMPANY, OF NEW BRITAIN, CONN.

BUTTON-FASTENER PACKING-CASE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 336,589, dated February 23, 1886.

A pplication filed July 2, 1885. Serial No. 170,450.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FRANCIS H. RICHARDS, a citizen of the United States, residing at Springfield, in the county of Hampden, State of Massachusetts, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Button-Fastener PackingCases, of which the following is a specification, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part thereof.

This invention relates to cases to be used for packing the button-fasteners (and others similar thereto) which are shown in United States Patent No. 314,684, dated March 31, 1885, the object being to provide a case made of Wire for holding such fasteners in a row, and from which they may be conveniently discharged into the magazine of a button-setting machine.

To this end the invention consists in the improvements hereinafter described and claimed.

In the drawings, Figure 1- is a side View, slightly oblique, of an unfilled packing-case embodying my improvements. Fig. 2 is a lefthand end view, and Fig. 3 is a right-hand end view,of the same. Fig. 4 is a side view of the case filled with fasteners such as described. Fig. 5 isa left-hand view,and Fig. 6 is a righthand end view, of the filled case. Fig. 7 is a perspective view of the case unclosed and partially filled. Figs. 8 and 9 show, respectively, a side and end view of a part of a case in which the rods are held together by a different means.

Similar characters designate like parts in all the figures.

In the drawings, 2 designates a single fastener of the kind above specified, and F a row of them. These fasteners, being T-shaped, are adapted to be held by set parallel rods, one on either side of the prong above the head, and one below the head about opposite to the prong. A, B, and C designate, respectively, three such rods arranged to so hold said fasteners. These rods may all be formed from a single piece of wire bent substantially as shown in Figs. 1 to 7. In this case rods A (No model.)

and B are united by bend 3, and B and C by bend 4. The end of rod A is bent to form a hook, 5, which rests within bend 4, to hold rods A B parallel to each other, and rod C to form hook 6, resting within bend 3. These hooks are bent but slightly, so they can be readily forced into or out of place by the fingers of the operator of a button-fastener-setting machine. In Fig. 7 hook 6 is shown straight, so as to more easily enter bend 3, .when it may be bent outward, as in Fig. 4, to prevent accidental displacement.

Another way to hold together the ends of the wires is to fix them into a block, N, as shown in Figs. 8 and 9. Therods A B C enter the block suffieiently far to hold them in place, and may extend through it, if preferred, as does C in Fig. 8. This style of case is considered an inferior one, but it is still capable of useful application.

It will be understood that the wire to be used for making the first style of case should be stiff enough to endure handling without bending, and yet soft enough to be readily bent by the operator using the fasteners.

Having thus described my invention, I

claim- 1. The improved button-fastener packingcase herein described, it comprising three parallel rods arranged to loosely inclose the fasteners, substantially as shown, and means, substantially as described, for holding together the ends of said rods, substantially as set forth.

2. The improved button-fastener packingcase herein described, it comprising a set of parallel rods all formed of a single piece of wire bent substantially as shown and described, its free ends adapted to interlock with the body portion of the case, substantially as set forth.

O. O. PALMER, R. L. PEcK. 

